A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of GlobalizationA Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence worldwide, from the shantytowns of São Paolo to the boardrooms of General Electric, from the troubled Russia-Estonia border to the booming San Fernando Valley sex industry, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge deliver an illuminating tour of the global economy and a fascinating assessment of its potential impact. |
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... Silicon Valley and the Winner - Take - All Economy 12. The Cosmocrats : An Anxious Elite 141 161 183 201 221 13. Outside the Red Lacquered Gates : The Losers from Globalization 242 Part Six A Call to Arms 14. The Enemies Gather : The ...
... Silicon Valley and the Winner - Take - All Economy 12. The Cosmocrats : An Anxious Elite 141 161 183 201 221 13. Outside the Red Lacquered Gates : The Losers from Globalization 242 Part Six A Call to Arms 14. The Enemies Gather : The ...
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... Silicon Valley and Wall Street minted new millionaires every single day : when business - school graduates confidently expected to retire at forty and begin a new career in philanthropy : and when the first signs of liberalization ...
... Silicon Valley and Wall Street minted new millionaires every single day : when business - school graduates confidently expected to retire at forty and begin a new career in philanthropy : and when the first signs of liberalization ...
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... Silicon Valley , it is a synonym for modernity : for French in- tellectuals ( as for bin Laden ) , it means American domination : for Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan , it means exactly the opposite , the emasculation of their country . Our ...
... Silicon Valley , it is a synonym for modernity : for French in- tellectuals ( as for bin Laden ) , it means American domination : for Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan , it means exactly the opposite , the emasculation of their country . Our ...
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Contents
| 3 | |
Technology as Freedom | 29 |
The Dirty Dollar | 46 |
The Visible Hand | 64 |
Sex Death and the Welfare State | 78 |
Part Three | 95 |
The Closing of the Global Mind | 183 |
Silicon Valley and the WinnerTakeAll Economy | 201 |
The Losers from Globalization | 242 |
The Backlash Against Globalization | 267 |
Membership Has Its Responsibilities | 289 |
Working and Investing in | 308 |
The Hidden Promise Liberty Renewed | 328 |
Acknowledgments | 341 |
Bibliography | 357 |
Index | 365 |
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A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization John Micklethwait,Adrian Wooldridge No preview available - 2001 |
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